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PENGUINBOOKS GUADALCANAL RichardB.FrankwasborninKansasin1947.Hislifelonginterest innavalandmilitaryhistorybeganwhenhereadavolumeofSamuel EliotMorison’sHistoryofUnitedStatesNavalOperationsinWorld WarIIatageten.UpongraduationfromtheUniversityofMissouri in1969,hewascommissionedintheUnitedStatesArmy,inwhich heservedalmostfouryears,includingatourofdutyintheRepublic ofVietnamasanaerorifleplatoonleaderwiththe101stAirborne Division.In1976hecompletedhisstudiesatGeorgetownLawCenter inWashington,D.C.,andthefollowingyearinitiatedresearchfor thisnarrative,includingextensiveworkwithaJapanesetranslator onthemassiveJapaneseDefenseAgencyWarHistoryseries.Mr. FrankiscurrentlyamemberoftheBoardofVeteransAppealsand livesinVirginiawithhiswifeanddaughter. GUADALCANAL TheDefinitiveAccountoftheLandmarkBattle RichardB. Frank © PENGUINBOOKS PENGUINBOOKS PublishedbythePenguinGroup P3e75ngHuuidnsBoonokStsreUetS,ANeInwc.,York,NewYork10014,U.S.A. PenguinBooksLtd,27WrightsLane, LondonW85TZ,England PenguinBooksAustraliaLtd,Ringwood, Victoria,Australia PToernognution,BOonotkasriCo,anCaadnaadLatd,M410VA3lBco2rnAvenue, PenguinBooks(N.Z.)Ltd,182-190WairauRoad, Auckland10,NewZealand PenguinBooksLtd,RegisteredOffices: Harmondsworth,Middlesex,England FirstpublishedintheUnitedStatesofAmericaby RandomHouse,Inc.,1990 ReprintedbyarrangementwithRandomHouse,Inc. PublishedinPenguinBooks1992 1098765432 Copyright©RichardB.Frank,1990 Allrightsreserved GeCxrocapetyrerpfitugslhtfarc1ok9mn42oI,wnlt1oe9d4t3gh,mee©Vnatl1l9ies8y:9maAbdyeSJkotiohrnmSicHshehorcosfkeyet.nheCBMooaporykirsingefhsotrbrypeeJrnmoeihwsnesdiHoe1nr9s7teo0y.rbeyprint JohnHersey.ReprintedbypermissionofSchockenBooks,publishedby PantheonBooks,adivisionofRandomHouse,Inc. THELIBRARYOFCONGRESSHASCATALOGUEDTHEHARDCOVERASFOLLOWS: Frank,RichardB. Guadalcanal/byRichardB.Frank, p. cm. ISBN0-394-58875-4(he.) ISBN01401.65614(pbk.) 1.GuadalcanalIsland(SolomonIslands),Battleof,1942-1943. I.Title. D94706.75.49'82F6—73dc210990 90-8265 PrintedintheUnitedStatesofAmerica MapsbyWilliamJ.Clipson ExceptintheUnitedStatesofAmerica,thisbookissoldsubjecttothecondition thatitshallnot,bywayoftradeorotherwise,belent,re-sold,hiredout,orother- wisecirculatedwithoutthepublisher’spriorconsentinanyformofbindingorcover otherthanthatinwhichitispublishedandwithoutasimilarconditionincluding thisconditionbeingimposedonthesubsequentpurchaser. Tothememoryof myfather, GeorgeR.Frank 1917-1988 PREFACE “TherearetwoGuadalcanal:thebattleandthelegend,”wrote GeorgeMcMillan, theaccomplishedhistorianofthe 1stMarine Division.Guadalcanal,ofcourse,wasmorethanabattle.Itwasa six-monthcampaignmarkedbysevenmajornavalengagements,a scoreormoreclashesashore,thealmostdailycutandthrustofair combat,andadozenencountersbetweenplanesandships,onlyone ofwhichearnedthedignityofatitle. Formostofitscourseit teeteredinprecariousbalancewithfirstonesideandthentheother gainingtheadvantage.TheattitudesofthemostseniorAmerican politicalandmilitaryofficialsplummetedfromill-foundedoptimism Ttoworessiag—wnastuicohnstuosthauimnieldiavtiionlgendceefeiant.allNtohreceamdpiameingsnioinnsW—orselad,lWanadr, andair wheretheissuehungindoubtsolong. IfitsintrinsicattributesmadethestruggleforGuadalcanalspe- cial,itwasitscontextthatmadeitalegend.ThePacificWarbegan fortheUnitedStatesatPearlHarbor,ahumblingofnation—alpride, quickly followed by a mortify—ing succession ofdefeats Guam, Wake,Bataan,andCorregidor thatrubbedsaltintotheoriginal wound.AllofthiscappedoveradecadeofbuffetingoftheUnited Statesandthewesterndemocracieseconomicallyandmilitarilytoa degreethatshookthenormallyresilientAmericanself-confidenceto itscore.Thefactthatthesedefeatscameatthehandsofaraceonce viewedwithaspecialaffection,andlaterwithaspecialloathing, addedtothestingandinjectedarawvisceraledgetotheattitudes oftheAmericanparticipantsandpopulation. ItismorethelegendarythantheinherentqualitiesoftheGuadal- canalcampaignthatassureditalargenicheinbothwartimeand postwarculture. WhenJamesJonescomposedhisvividcombat novelTheThinRedLine, hesetitonGuadalcanal,inpartbecause ofitsstrongautobiographicalbloodline,butperhapsmorebecause, ashesaid, ...whatGuadalcanalstoodfortoAmericansin1942-3wasavery specialthing.Tohaveusedacompletelymadeupislandwouldhavebeen vii

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